" "Blood Dawn is a role-playing game designed by Lawrence R. Sims and first published in 1996. The game's tagline is Roleplaying in Earth's Second Dark Age. The Blood Dawn license was later sold by Optimus Design Systems (ODS) to SSDC, Inc. in September 1999.

Blood Dawn is set in an alternate 21st century timeline, on Earth. Characters can play "normal" humans or mutants.""